“…[performance] can give us time differently, dancing durations of experience in excess of any notion of the in-the-moment we too often cling to.” (Erin Manning)

In the closing phase of the exhibition a three-day workshop and series of public conversations will be held in the Sidney R. Yates Gallery to further respond to the context of the exhibition, goat island archive – we have discovered the performance by making it. The approaches to exhibiting the Goat Island Archive stem from the idea that the performances of Goat Island are missing, rather than being taken as a lack this was embraced as an opportunity to seek responses. From June 13-15 a public workshop hosted by the exhibition Curator Nicholas Lowe will explore the archival residues of Goat Island and the response works by the ten invited artists who contributed to this exhibition.

What is implied by the leftover of a performed event? What are the implications of the responses as archival excesses. The ‘convening’ workshop is open to the public and is offered as an additional opportunity for response to the ‘gestures of repair in the act’ that have been detected in the work of Goat Island. All workshop sessions are open to the public, participation is welcomed.

Thursday, June 13th – 1 Ground (ecology)

“… once a sense of stability and pattern is established, … creativity within seeing and listening can begin.” (Mark Jeffery)

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: anarchive – missing scenes workshop 1a – Space: how do you respond?
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Performance Documentation Screening
The Lastmaker with a brief introduction by Nicholas Lowe
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.: anarchive – missing scenes workshop 1b – Space: how do you respond?

Friday, June 14th – 2 Gateway (response)

“We agree to perform these movements together; we agree to breath in unison.” (Karen Christopher)

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: anarchive – missing scenes workshop 2a – Embodiment: Where does performance live ?
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Performance Documentation Screening
Soldier, Child, Tortured Man and A Bears Polka, It’s Aching Like Birds, with a brief introduction by Nicholas Lowe
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.: anarchive – missing scenes workshop 2b – Embodiment: Where does performance live ?
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.: nine missing scenes – anarchive and performance echoes.

Saturday, June 15th – 3 Feed-forward (time)

“We end and we begin the ending…” (the goat island archive)

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Performance Documentation Screening
It’s An Earthquake In My Heart, with a brief introduction by Nicholas Lowe
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.: anarchive – missing scenes workshop day 3a – Performance decay – What happens to performance over time?
What permission does the idea of response bring? – What is next? An evaluative and reflective conversation convened by Nicholas Lowe (Curator, Goat Island Archive/SAIC)
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.: anarchive – missing scenes workshop day 3b –Why look back? How to look forward? A closing conversation convened by Stephen Scott-Bottoms (University of Manchester UK).

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